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Nicol Williamson obituary by Michael Coveney

Actor whose unpredictability never undermined his electrifying talentNicol Williamson, whose death of oesophageal cancer at the age of 73 has been announced, was arguably the most electrifying actor of his generation, but one whose career flickered and faded like a faulty light fitting. Tall and wiry, with a rasping scowl of a voice, a battered baby face and a mop of unruly curls, he was the best modern Hamlet s…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42PM on January 6, 2017

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